Most Repellent Celebrities of the Past 100 Years

Last week I asked readers to give me their most repellent celebrities of the past 100 years. I nominated Dean Martin. Others piled on. The results are above, but it’s a work in progress.

Aside from Martin, the people listed are readers’ choices. Some I agree with, some I understand but don’t agree with, and some I can’t even begin to understand.

We have more than we need, and at least half the people on this list don’t belong, not even slightly. First of all, there are too many comedians. How did that happen? Plus, the gallery is too long.

So let’s hear some of your nominees, and let’s get this down to, at most, 100, by tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest. To make things easier, for every person you nominate, suggest taking someone off the list, so that, in this way, we can grow it and cut it down at the same time.

Update: Well, the good news is there was no consensus for 100 repellent celebrities, and many among the 50 we have here, chosen by readers, are debatable. So perhaps there is less repellence in American life than we have been led to believe.

Finally, just because of the inundation of requests, I went ahead and added, by popular demand, political commentators. I tried to leave off politicians, because then we get into the realm of bringing in people who are truly and horribly repellent, rather than repellent in the sense of rubbing you the wrong way.